Toilet article.



D. 0. MILLER.

TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1912.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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IRE/hues DAISY can Minna; or wasnmerou; msrm'c'r' To MARIE S 1 WASBFNG'DON, prsrnrcm'oricownsul' F To all whom it may concern: I v

Be it known that I, DAISY QRn MILLE a' citizen of the United States,;"res1ding at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain" new and useful Imf provements' in Toilet Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates morees eciall to improvements in that class of toi et art cles WlllCll are used for applyin'glfcosmeticyor other powder to the face or ot er parts, and; comprises a soft tab or pad of cot-ton or other soft" fibrous material impregnated with the powder in such a wayithfat'itwill not shake out over. the clothes of'jthe user as powder will do, for examplef'when applied with a powder puff or cloth in theusual way, but which'will yieldan abun.

dance o-f.powder when gently tapped. In-

dividual tabs or pads of this 'kind made of aseptic material and put u in closed packages, as hereinafter described, constitute a very desirable substitute for the powder. pu and receptacle generally found in ladies toilets in public places, as'well as providing an exceedingly attractive and useful advertising medium. Obviously, however, such an article is by no means limited to these uses alone.

In order to more fully describe my invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a sealed package, showing one way of dispensing my improved tabs; Fig. 2, a perspective view showing the outer closure of the package open and its contents removed and placed in line above it, and Fig. 3, a vertical section through the package shown in Fig. 1.

In an article of this kind it is particularly desirable that the powder should not easil drop off the tab when the latter is han led in use, and it is also important that a very small tab be capable of carrying or holding a relatively large amount of powder material. It is extremely difficult to et dry cotton to take up and hold face powder applied thereto in the dry state. The powder in this condition does not readily sink into the dry cotton, but banks up on the surface thereof. For this reason it is difiicult to make a small piece of cotton hold a relatively large quantity ofpowder so that the latter will not too easily drop off when the powder is applied in the dry state to the cotton.

s mntam iog Wi ma P -atentedAug a treatment 9 erabg subject the on' t2) 8.916. ,liq'pid face powderna't ng the w ole of the cotton or 8.15- ply the liquid powder more superficiallyfto one or. more. of its faces-to form a coating. lA- fter thecotton isgsotreat'e it is allowed to dry. T e, powder t en t oro ighly' intergin lngled wi t h'the fibers-ofv thecotton and iwi l lofi moreadilyconie off, that is, it will ;not fall of its" own weight from the pad onto =thej"'clothes as fro n an ordinary powder puff, but will yield; abundance of powder iuhsn eshed, a s k byn't Pe t or. rub 1n The-tabs. may becut into. the

desired shapes either before 'or after being treated with the liquid powder, oreither fore or: after they dry.

'One way of making these tabs is to select or form cotton batting of the desired thickness, cut this into squares such for example as shown, dip these squares of tablets into a bath of liquid face powder then allow the tablets to dry. But as above stated the cotton batting in bulk may first be treated with the liquid face powder and then cut intotablets of the desired shape either before or after the cotton dries, but preferably afterward. So-called liquid face powder is a commercial article of which there are several kinds on the market. I preferably emorieonumara, nesrenon of 01m by impregploy aseptic liquid face powder of which there are also several kinds on the market.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates one form in which these tabs may be made. I also preferably employ aseptic absorbent cotton such for example as surgical cotton. Cotton of this kind treated with aseptic face powder produces a thoroughly aseptic article and these qualities may be preserved by confining'the tab in a sealed protective closure 2 preferably impervious to air and moisture. Such closure consists preferably of a waxed paper or other transparent envelop.

After the tabs are treated with the liquid powder and dried, I preferably sprinkle a small quantity of dry face powder on one or both of the broad faces of the tab, merely to show the tab contains owder. This, however, may be omitted if esired.

After the tabs are completed, each is preferably placed in a two leaf folder such as 3, consisting of a piece of paper or other suitable material having preferably more body or stillness than has the outer closure.

thenplace the two, the tab and the folder,

within the closure 2, and seal the latter.-

- The outer closure 2 being transparent en- 10 ables one to readily read such rinted matter on the inclos ad folder. Tiis folder at the same time lends a stifiening to the package which better adapts it for stacking than were the tabs slipped into the outer casing alone.

Articles of this kind ma be very cheaply manufactured and there ore may be dispensed in public places at a very small price. Moreover, the articles are so inexpensive that they may be given away as advertisements for face powder or other merchandise or for other purposes. It should be understood, however, that I do not limit myself to any special way of packaging the article or applying the liquid powder to the cotton, which may act as a vehicle therevfor,--or other material. It 'should also be understood that I use the term face powder in a generic sense which term also includes what is known as talcum powder or other powders which are applied as cosmetics or otherwise to the human skin.v

The powder may alsobe applied to the cotton in a semi-liquid condition, and as an article it is within the scope of my invention to apply the powder in any way.

What ll cla1m is A. toilet article, comprisin a tab of soft fiber impregnated with a toi et powder, the fibers of said tab forming a webbing inti- ;mately commingling with the mass of said 

